Real scalar dark matter: relativistic treatment

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2019)050zbMATH Open1421.83140arXiv1906.07659OpenAlexW3100667857WikidataQ127367085 ScholiaQ127367085MaRDI QIDQ2273407FDOQ2273407

Authors: Giorgio Arcadi, Oleg Lebedev, S. Pokorski, Takashi Toma 

Publication date: 23 September 2019

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A stable real scalar provides one of the simplest possibilities to account for dark matter. We consider the regime where its coupling to the Standard Model fields is negligibly small. Due to self-coupling, the scalar field can reach thermal or at least kinetic equilibrium, in which case the system is characterized by its temperature and effective chemical potential. We perform a fully relativistic analysis of dark matter evolution, thermalization conditions and different freeze-out regimes, including the chemical potential effects. To this end, we derive a relativistic Bose-Einstein analog of the Gelmini-Gondolo formula for a thermal averaged cross section. Finally, we perform a comprehensive parameter space analysis to determine regions consistent with observational constraints. Dark matter can be both warm and cold in this model.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07659

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zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelcosmology of theories beyond the SM

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• CalcHEP

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